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little village. The same laces, he adds, are made in all the“ monasteres ” of the province, who are partly maintained by thegains. The lace is good, equal to, if not surpassing, thoseof Brabant and Flanders. It appears to have been “pointd’Angleterre,” of which they had the reputation of makingfiner pieces than Brussels or Bruges. Dentelle de Binchewas much in vogue in the last century. It is mentioned in theinventory of the Duchesse de Modene, 66 daughter of the regent,1701; and in that of Mademoiselle de Charollais, 1758, who hasa “ couvrepied, mantelet, garniture de robe, jupon,” &c., all ofthe same lace. In the “ Miserables ” of Victor Hugo, the oldgrandfather routs out from a cupboard “ une aneienne garniturede guipure de Binche,” for Collette’s wedding dress. M. VictorHugo told the author he had, in his younger days, seen Bincheguipure of great beauty. The Binche application flowers havebeen already noticed. 67

We have now named the great localities for lace-makingthroughout the Low Countries. Some few yet remain unmen-tioned.

Liege, in her days of ecclesiastical grandeur, carried on thetrade like the rest. We read, in HJ20, of “English Jesuitesses atLiege, who seem to care as much for politics as for lace-making.” 68

An early pattern book, that of Jean de Glen, a transcript ofVinciolo, was published in that city in 1557. It bears themark of his printing press—three acorns with the motto, “ Cuiquesua prremia,” and is dedicated to Madame Loyse de Perez. Heconcludes a complimentary dedication to the lady with thelines:—

“ Madame, dont l’esprit modestement subtil,

Vigoureux, se delecte en toutes choses belles,

Prenez de bonne part ces nouvelle9 modellesQue vous offre la main de ce maistre gciitil.”

H e states that he has travelled, and brought back from Italy somepatterns, without alluding to Vinciolo.

•• “ Une paire de manchettes de cour de dentelle de Binche ;

Trois paires de manchettes a trois rungs de dentelle de Binche ;

Deux fichus de mousseline bordees de dentelle de Binche ;

Deux devants de corps de dentelle de Binche.”—Arch. Nat. X. 10,082.

* T See page 94.

6 * Letter of Sir Henry Wotton to Lord Zouch. “ State Papers, Domestic,” Jns. I.P. K. O.